Reel construction



y 1939- A. A. BUREAU 2,158,994

REEL CONSTRUCTION Filed July 16, 1915'?v yn/70R A A BUREAU WZJLVWM 25 structed of two heads with a drum therebetween The sheet is rolled into cylindrical form and the ras es May23, 1939 I 2,158,994

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Arthnr a. Bureau, Chicago, 111., allignor to western Electric Company, Incorporated, New Iork, N. I, a corporation of New York Application July is, 1937, Serial No. 153,863

- 3 Claims. (Cl. 242-11) 7 This invention relates to reel construction, and erably of wood or the like and the drum ll disparticularly to reels such as are used for transposed therebetween of sheet material, such as portation and storage of telephone cable, power metal. A series of tieing bolts it are adapted to transmission cable, wire, wire rope and the like. secure or tie the heads together with the drum Cable, wire, wire rope and the like are commontherebetween. The bolts as illustrated extend ly wound upon comparatively large reels, which entirely through the heads and drum but the inreels serve for storage purposes and means for vention is not so limited as short bolts or other transporting the materials. In many instances tieing means can be used which do not extend the these reels are comparatively expensive to manuentire width of the drum.

10 facture due totheirsize'and construction require- The drum It is preferably fabricated from a lo ments and it is necessary that they be returned substantially rectangular sheet of material as to the manufacturer when the material wound shown in Fig. 6, having formed thereon either thereon has been removed therefrom. I integral or secured thereto by any well known The object of this invention is to overcome manner, such as welding, projections or lugs I4.

these features inthe storage and transportation These projections or lugs 14 as shown are at an 15 of cable, wire, wire rope and the like and to proangle to the plane of the sheet for a purpose herevide a simple. durable, inexpensive reel for these inafter described and preferably taper toward a purposes, which because ofits cost would not point as illustrated. Slots or apertures II are necessarily require its return to the manufacprovided in these projections or lugs i4 extending turer, v p to and terminating'at one surface of the sheet 20 A further object of the invention is to provide material which in the completed drum will be the a reel of simple form which can readily be asseminner surface for the tieing bolts i3 and in the bled without'the use of special machines. reel asembly these projections rest upon and pass In attaining these objects the reel is conover the bolts [3 as illustrated.

of different material. The reel drum is of ends secured together in any well known manner, cylindrical construction of sheet metal having a such as by welding. In the drawing a reinforcing lugs or projections that are turned at angles to its strip II is shown which is welded to the ends of surfaces, which lms or projections when asemthe sheet to form a reinforced joint.

- bled with the heads will bite into the inner sur- When assembling the illustrated reel the drum 30 faces of the heads of wood or the like, lodging I. w ic s been Previously fo med into cylinthemselves therein and resting over and upon the drical form is spacedbetween the heads II and ti ing b lt i2 and the bolts I! passed through the heads and Other objects and advantages of the invention drum with the lugs or projections resting upon will be understood by reference to the following the bolts at the termination of the slots or aperspecification and drawing, in which tures I! as shown in Fig. 4. The lugs or projec- Flg. 1 is a side elevation of a reel embodying the tions it resting upon the tie bolts It at the termi-- invention; nations of the solts or apertures it, which slots Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-4 of or apertures terminate at the inner surface of 40 Fig. 1; v the drum III, will provide a line contact between 40 F 3 i n enlarged Sectional Vi w h w h the bolts II and the inner surface of the drum fflrststeps in assembly of the heads with the to reinforce the drum andaid in supporting the drum; I load upon the drum when in use, thus permitting Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view similar to thinner sheet material from the drum construc- Fig. 3 but showing the final assembly of the heads tion than would otherwise be possible. The pro- 45 v with-the drum; jections or lugs ll being at angles to the inner and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of outer drum surfaces and the inner surfaces of Fig. 4, and the heads are forced into or below the surface of Fig. 6 is a per p v vi w r he h et m tethe heads of softer materials upon tightening nuts rial prior to its cylindrical formation into the reel H, as shown in Fig. 4, thus maldng a biting con- 50 tact with the heads sllfllcient to lodge themselves In the drawing a simpleform of reel is shown into the inner surfaces of the heads, forming a V by way of illustration. Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 compact, durable and inxpensive reel constructhe cylindrical drum is indicated at It and the tion.. 1 ss'headsilandll. Theheadsllandllarepref- Whiletheinventionisillustratedanddescribed more particularly with reference to reels for storage and transportation of cable. wire. wire rope and the like having wooden heads and a metal drum, the invention is not confined thereto but isthe inner surface of the drum, and means for securing the heads to the drum withthe projections in biting contact iwth the inner surfaces of the heads.

3. A reel comprising a pair of wooden heads. a metal drum having inwardly turned apertured projections at each end thereof positioned between the heads, and a plurality of bolts contacting the inner surface of the metal drum extending through both heads and the apertures in the drum. projections to secure the heads in biting contact with the projections.

, 4. A reel comprising a pair of heads, a

having a series of slotted tapered projections at its end turned inwardly to form obtuse angles with the inner surface of the drum positioned between the heads, and a plurality of bolts extending through both heads and the slots in the drum projections to secure the tapered projections in biting contact with the heads.

5. A reel comprising a pair of head members. a drum of different composition than the head members having a serks of pointed inwardly turned projections forming obtuse angles with the inner surface of the drum, and securing means passing through both heads and the projections securing the projections in biting contact with the inner surfaces of the heads.

6. A reel comprising a pair of wooden heads, a metal drum having a series of inwardly turned apertured projections at each end thereof positioned between the heads, and a plurality of bolts extending through both headsand the apertures in the drum projections to secure the heads to the drums in biting contact with said projections resting upon said bolts.

7. A reel comprising a pair of heads, a drum positioned between the heads, bolts securing the heads to the drum and projections on the ends of said drum contacting the inner surfaces of the heads and provided with apertures extending to the inner surface of the drum whereby line contact is made with the bolts by the inner surface of the drum and the termination of the apertures of the projections.

.8. A reel comprising a pair of heads, a metal drum having a series of projections at its ends turned inwardly to form obtuse angles with the inner surface of the drum having slots terminating at the inner surface of the drum and bolts in contact with the terminals of the slots and the inner surface of the drum for securing the heads to the drum with the projections in biting contact with the inner surfaces of the heads.

ARTHUR A. BUREAU. 

